Two woke muppets were left mortified after they accused a primary school of hiring a disc jockey in blackface, only to realise that the man was in fact black.
According to The Times:
Stuart Rhoden and Jill Lassen criticised the parent teacher association of Hopi Elementary School, in Phoenix, Arizona, after seeing images of Kim Koko Hunter, 56, a local DJ, at the 1970s-themed event.
Rhoden, also black, is a member of the school district equity and inclusion committee, which Lassen, who is white, co-chairs.
The row is being seen as an example of a climate of shaming by “woke” enforcers seeking every opportunity to highlight perceived wrongs.
“The DJ that the Hopi PTA hire[d] was, in fact, a black man,” Megan Livengood, the PTA president, wrote to Lassen in a message obtained by the Arizona Daily Independent.
“It is insulting that you feel myself or [the] PTA condone racist behaviour.”
Lassen, a librarian, responded: “You are right, we should’ve inquired before making such accusations. I cannot fathom the hurt, anger and frustration you felt after you and others volunteered countless hours on your event.”
Rhoden, who teaches at Arizona State University, posted another image of Hunter on Facebook to try to show that the DJ had darkened his face.
He wrote on Facebook: “Let me be clear, a black man, apparently in blackface, is an entirely different discussion than a white person.
“However, I did not state the person was white. It was assumed that was my intent, and perhaps it was, but nonetheless, looking on [Hunter’s ] FB page . . . it seems at the very least he is in darker make-up . . . if not blackface. Or I am completely mistaken and it’s the patio lighting.”
Hunter, when told that he had been mistaken for a white man in blackface, expressed astonishment. “Was I not black enough? How black do I got to be for people to know that I’m an actual black person,” he asked.
The patio lighting though…lol
Vaudeville.
